Connellsville Sr. High Library Summer Reading List
Adventure, Suspense
Brown, Dan The DaVinci Code
Christie, Agatha And Then There Were None
Clancy, Tom Patriot Games
Crichton, Michael Timeline
Dickey, James Deliverance
Biography
*Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie
*Angelo, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
*Curie, Eve Madame Curie, a biography
*Lanier, Shannon Jefferson’s Children: the story of One American Family
*Malcolm X Autobiography of Malcolm X
*McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
Classics
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin, James The Fire Next Time
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Camus, Albert The Stranger, The Plague
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim
DeFoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield
Dinesen, Isak Out of Africa
Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers The Count of Monte Cristo
*Ellison, Ralph The Invisible Man
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying
*Heller, Joseph Catch-22
*McCullers, Carson The Member of the Wedding
Steinbeck, John East of Eden, Of Mice and Men
Contemporary Problems and Issues – Fiction
*Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina
*Anderson, Laurie Halse Speak
Andrews, V.C. Flowers in the Attic
Avi Nothing But the Truth
Coelho, Paul The Alchemist
Courtenay, Bryce The Power of One
*Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
Guest, Judith Ordinary People
*Frank, E.R. Life is Funny
*Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hinton, S. E. That Was Then, This is Now; Tex
*Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner
King, Stephen Carrie, Cujo, ‘Salem’s Lot
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
*Myers, Walter Dean Monster
Salinger, J. D. A Catcher in the Rye
Sparks, Nicholas A Walk to Remember, The Notebook
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Adams, Richard Watership Down
Asimov, Isaac Fantastic Journey
*Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game
Clark, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Crichton, Michael The Andromeda Strain, Prey
Frank, Pat Alas, Babylon
Herbert, Frank Dune
*Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
*King, Stephen The Stand
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Paolini, Christopher Eragon
Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings
Verne, Jules Journey to the Center of the Earth
Historical Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever 1793
Clark, W.V. The Ox-Bow Incident
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Cussler, Clive Raise the Titanic!
Fast, Howard April Morning
*Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain
*Hemingway, Ernest Farewell to Arms
*Morrison, Toni Beloved
*O’Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels
*Shaara, Michael Killer Angels
*Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five
Zusak, Marcus The Book Thief
Non-fiction
*Brown, Dee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
*Bissinger, H. G. Friday Night Lights: a Town, a Team and a Dream
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood
*Diamond, Jared Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies
Gladwell, Malcolm The Tipping Point
*Hawking, Stephen A Brief History of Time: From Big Bang to Black Holes
*Hersey, John Hiroshima
Nelson, Peter Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
*Spiegelman, Art Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
included in list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Adventure, Suspense
Brown, Dan The DaVinci Code
Christie, Agatha And Then There Were None
Clancy, Tom Patriot Games
Crichton, Michael Timeline
Dickey, James Deliverance
Biography
*Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie
*Angelo, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
*Curie, Eve Madame Curie, a biography
*Lanier, Shannon Jefferson’s Children: the story of One American Family
*Malcolm X Autobiography of Malcolm X
*McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
Classics
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin, James The Fire Next Time
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Camus, Albert The Stranger, The Plague
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim
DeFoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield
Dinesen, Isak Out of Africa
Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers
The Count of Monte Cristo
*Ellison, Ralph The Invisible Man
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying
*Heller, Joseph Catch-22
*McCullers, Carson The Member of the Wedding
Steinbeck, John East of Eden, Of Mice and Men
Contemporary Problems and Issues – Fiction
*Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina
*Anderson, Laurie Halse Speak
Andrews, V.C. Flowers in the Attic
Avi Nothing But the Truth
Coelho, Paul The Alchemist
Courtenay, Bryce The Power of One
*Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk
Guest, Judith Ordinary People
*Frank, E.R. Life is Funny
*Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hinton, S. E. That Was Then, This is Now; Tex
*Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner
King, Stephen Carrie, Cujo, ‘Salem’s Lot
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
*Myers, Walter Dean Monster
Salinger, J. D. A Catcher in the Rye
Sparks, Nicholas A Walk to Remember, The Notebook
Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Adams, Richard Watership Down
Asimov, Isaac Fantastic Journey
*Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game
Clark, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Crichton, Michael The Andromeda Strain, Prey
Frank, Pat Alas, Babylon
Herbert, Frank Dune
*Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
*King, Stephen The Stand
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Paolini, Christopher Eragon
Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings
Verne, Jules Journey to the Center of the Earth
Historical Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever 1793
Clark, W.V. The Ox-Bow Incident
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Cussler, Clive Raise the Titanic!
Fast, Howard April Morning
*Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain
*Hemingway, Ernest Farewell to Arms
*Morrison, Toni Beloved
*O’Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels
*Shaara, Michael Killer Angels
*Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five
Zusak, Marcus The Book Thief
Non-fiction
*Brown, Dee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
*Bissinger, H. G. Friday Night Lights: a Town, a Team and a Dream
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood
*Diamond, Jared Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies
Gladwell, Malcolm The Tipping Point
*Hawking, Stephen A Brief History of Time: From Big Bang to Black Holes
*Hersey, John Hiroshima
Nelson, Peter Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
*Spiegelman, Art Maus: A Survivor’s Tale